Saddle



(No Model.)

' ZSheets-Sheet 1. F. A. HOLLENBEOK.

SADDLE.

Patented Apr. 27, 1897.

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P. A. HOLLENBBCK. SADDLE.

No. 581,464. Patented Apr. 27, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @EErcE,

FRANK A. HOLLENBECK, OF SYRACUSE, NEWV YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581 ,464, dated April27', 1897.

Application filed November 29, 1895. Serial No. 570,340. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. HOLLENBECK, of Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Saddles, of which the following, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improved saddle particularly applicable foruse on bicycles and other vehicles, and has for its object theproduction of a device which reduces to a minimum the inconvenience,chafing, and injury to which a rider is ordinarily sub j eoted; and tothis end itconsists, essentially, in the general construction andarrangement of the component parts of the saddle, all as hereinafterfully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in which like lettersindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figures 1, 2, 3, and et are respectively top and inverted plans and sideand rear elevations of my improved saddle. Fig. 5 is a transversesection taken on line 5 5, Fig. 1; and Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively aninverted plan of the detached main or top frame of the saddle and topplan of one of the detached supplemental or bottom frames thereof.

My improved saddle consists of a main or top frame A, provided with anaperture, a pad mounted in the aperture, and a supplemental or bottomframe 0, fixed to the frame A and engaged with the pad B for holding thesame in operative position. The main frame A is usually constructed ofcomparatively rigid and light material, as aluminium, wood, &o., isformed with a depressed central portion and elevated sides, Fig. 4, andis preferably provided with separated apertures a a, arranged side byside and having their sides inclined toward each other from their loweredges. Mounted in the apertures a at are two pads B, and interposedbetween the pads is a substantially central and comparatively narrowaperture at, extending from front to rear of the frame A and having adepfessed front end wall a and side and rear end walls a a a inclinin uwardl from ticularly the laterally-flaring enlargements thereof, affordconsiderable support to the rider, and the bifurcation of said horn andthe aperture ct prevent injury to his overlying parts.

The pads B are formed of any suitable material, as felt, are usuallyprovided with a top facing 12, of leather or other similar substance,and are formed with perforations b and arms b arranged in the branches aof the apertures a, and provided with laterallyfiaring enlargements bThe portion of the frame A at the rear of the pads B consists of acomparatively narrow rib or bar 0 having upwardly-extending ends, Fig.4, and the portions of said frame in front of the main parts of the padsB consist of laterally-extending bars a arranged beneath the plane ofthe bar a and preferably disposed in concave planes and curved orinclined downwardly from their rear edges. I

The pads B are each preferably formed with concavities or grooves bextending forwardly from their rear portions toward the bars a andincreasing in depth and width toward their front edges. The describedconformation of the bars a and the pads B causes the saddle to closelyfit the riders body and enables his legs to move freely and naturallywhen propelling a bicycle or other vehicle.

As previously stated, my improved saddle is preferably provided with twopads, and

consequently I preferably use two frames 0, arranged side by side andpreferably formed of substantially the same contour as the apertures a.Each frame is provided with an elevated central portion 0, preferablyformed of spring or yielding material and having perforations c, alinedwith some of the perforations 7), and depressed engaging shoulders 0projecting laterally from its edges beneath corresponding shoulders a onthe lower face of the frame A, extending laterally from the apertures aa. The pads B are supported on the perforated central portions of thesupplemental or bottom frames 0, and the edges of their top faces I) arefirmly clamped between the shoulders c a, Fig. 5.

The frames 0 may be fixed to the frame A in any suitable manner, but arepreferably provided with perforations 0 extending through the shoulders0 for receiving lugs a, which are usually formed integral with the frameA, depend from the shoulders a and are riveted to the under faces of theframes C.

The frame A is preferably supported by a spring D, consisting of atransverse bar (Z, arranged at the rear of the aperture a, coils d d,projecting forwardly from the opposite ends of the bar d, and separatedforwardlyextending arms (1 arranged on opposite sides of the aperture a.The central portion of the bar d is secured to the frame A by anysuitable clamp 01 and the outer ends of the arms (1 are secured byclamps d to depressed shoulders a, projecting from the front ends of thebranches or forks of the horn The operation of my improved saddle willbe readily understood upon reference to the foregoing description andthe accompanying drawings, and it will be particularly noted that itclosely fits the riders person, prevents forward slipping and undueperspiration, is particularly easy in use, and obviates chafing andinjury. It is obvious, however, that the exact detail construction andarrangement of the parts of this saddle may be considerably variedwithout departing from the spirit of my invention, and hence I do notherein specifically limit myself to such exact detail construction andarrangement.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a bicycle-saddle, the combination with a rigid frame formed withapertures having forwardly-extending branches or extensions,supplemental frames arranged beneath the rigid frame and having theirouter edges secured to the rigid frame and their central portionselevated and formed of yielding material, 'and pads permanently securedwithin the apertures and mounted upon the yielding central portions of.the supplemental frames, said pads being provided withforwardly-extending arms arranged in said branches or extensions,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name, in the presence oftwo attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in theState of New York, this th day of November, 1895.

FRANK A. HOLLENBECK.

YVitnesses:

E. A. WEISBURG, K. II. THEOBALD.

